Photos: Crews battle flames at East St. Louis school

(KMOV)- Crews battled flames at a school in East St. Louis.

It happened around 5 p.m. Wednesday at Clark Middle school in the 3300 block of State Street.

East St. Louis Mayor Alvin Parks, Jr. told News 4 the building is a total loss and will be put on the demolition list. The school has been shut down for a couple of years. The East St. Louis school district sold the building to a developer to turn it into apartment housing.